Topics: DTIC Archive, GROSS, REINHOLD J, AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS DIV WRIGHT FIELD OH, *PARACHUTE DESCENTS,...
The objective of this materiel test procedure is to describe the engineering procedures required to determine the ability of materiel to withstand the restraint, extraction, retardation, and ground impact forces developed in airdrop operations.
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY TEST AND EVALUATION COMMAND ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD, *MILITARY SUPPLIES, *AIR...
The two dimensional trajectory of a radial homing gliding parachute in a uniform wind is presented. The kinematics of the motion is discussed generating two first order differential equations which are separated and solved by direct integration. The resulting expression functionally relates the radial position of the parachute to the instantaneous value of the azimuth angle. Using this result, an exact solution for time in terms of space coordinates is obtained.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Murphy, Jr, Arthur L, ARMY NATICK LABS MA, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS, *PARAWINGS,...
Airbags are currently being investigated as a ground impact energy absorber for U.S. Army airdrops. Simple airbags with constant vent areas have been studied previously by numerous investigators. In this research effort, a method of controlling the vent area and a method of injecting gas into a simple airbag to improve its performance, i.e., to decrease its peak C force, were analytically and experimentally investigated. In addition, augmented simple airbags using paper honeycomb as an...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Lee, Calvin K, ARMY NATICK RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER MA, *AIR DROP...
The battle of Dien Bien Phu is one of the most studied engagements of the twentieth century. Its outcome signaled a significant step in the decline of European hegemony over colonial holdings, and marked a watershed event in the establishment of a Communist foothold in Southeast Asia. Military histories on the battle tend to be in agreement as to the reasons for French failure and Vietminh victory, with logistics usually appearing toward the top of the list. On the one hand, the Vietminh are...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Plating, John D, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS,...
The United States relies on the doctrine of rapid global mobility in support of national objectives in projecting power across strategic distances. On March 26, 2003, fifteen C-17As made history when they airdropped equipment and personnel on Bashur Airfield in Iraq with a follow on airland flow for the next four nights. There has been discussion beginning in the early 20th century on the utility of employing airdrop during combat operations. The purpose of this paper is four fold: first a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hershman, M S, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS, *TRANSPORT...
The objective of this analysis was to investigate techniques for achieving compatibility between ammunition airdrop resupply and the Palletized Loading System (PLS). The conceptualized PLS, essentially a flatbed truck with a hydraulic lift, is intended to retrieve flatracks that have been airdropped and have them secured and ready to roll in about a minute with minimum time and labor. A maximum payload capacity of 16.5 tons is contemplated. The results of this analysis indicate that the most...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Doucet, Glenn, ARMY NATICK RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER MA,...
Inadequate crew resource management (CRM) behaviors are still cited as causal factors in most military and commercial aircraft mishaps despite mandatory CRM training in virtually all aviator training programs, suggesting a need to explore alternative approaches. A low-cost, PC-based simulator was designed to elicit the communication and crew coordination behaviors associated with instrument and visual airdrop missions. These targeted behaviors were frequently addressed in instructor comments...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Nullmeyer, Robert T, AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB MESA AZ HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS DIRECTORATE,...
The potential impact of altitude decompression sickness on special operations missions may manifest primarily in high altitude airdrop operations and operations using unpressurized aircraft such as AC- 130 and the CV-22 Osprey. Research at AFRL Brooks AFB on altitude DCS has for many years produced findings directly applicable to SOF mission scenarios. This paper summarizes 3 areas of research with current applicability.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Pilmanis, Andrew A., Webb, James T., AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB BROOKS AFB TX,...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the Air Mobility Command's (AMC) ability to support a strategic brigade airdrop (SBA). A review of joint doctrine shows a continued reliance on the Airborne mission as a viable "Forcible Entry" option, yet AMC faces many problems meeting the needs of the Airborne forces and SBA mission. The imminent retirement of the C-141 aircraft coupled with the significant airdrop limitations of the new C-17 aircraft have severely hampered AMC's ability to...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Jacobson, Robert E., AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH SCHOOL OF...
Assessments were made of hardware and guidance techniques for Gliding Airdrop System employing partial and full-state guidance schemes. From the available candidate guidance schemes, the Army selected the following ones for further study to prepare system specifications and preliminary cost estimates: Minimum Cost Radial Homing, Radial Homing with Enhance Manual Control, Cone-of- Silence Homing, and Full-State Guidance. Airdrop systems with payload capacities of 227 KG, 909 KG, and 6800 KG are...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hennel, Joseph R, MAGNAVOX GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS CO FORT WAYNE IN,...
Development of guidance and control algorithms for autonomous solid circular parachutes is addressed. This effort is a part of the Affordable Guided Airdrop System that integrates a low-cost guidance and control system into fielded cargo air delivery systems. First, the underlying Affordable Guided Airdrop System concept, architecture, and components are described. Then a synthesis of a classical optimal control based on Pontrjagin's maximum principle is suggested. Then the development of a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *PARACHUTES, *FLIGHT TESTING, LYAPUNOV...
This research, sponsored by AMC/AA9, utilized a four round Policy Delphi Study to determine the potential utility, benefits, drawbacks and pitfalls of utilizing MQ-9 RPA to perform the airdrop mission. Literature concerning the MQ-9, RPAs, Joint Precision Aerial Delivery Systems, repurposing and rebranding, and Delphi Studies was reviewed. The panel's responses indicate that MQ-9 RPA capabilities should be developed both to support manned airdrop and to conduct small, especially persistent,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND...
The study explores the utility of using airborne forces at the operational level of a mid- to high intensity war. Despite the theoretical capability of airborne forces to achieve surprise, psychological shock, physical momentum, and moral dominance enabling friendly forces to attain decisive operational success, the author believes the U.S Army has limited its vision on employment of airborne forces to the tactical and strategic levels. The study examines historical small-scale airborne...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Waller, Thomas G , Jr, ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL...
This test program was conducted to investigate the feasibility of developing an air-launched balloon system which is eventually intended to carry a tactical communications relay to altitude when a ground launch of the system is not practical. Fourteen airdrop tests were conducted from a C-130 aircraft at altitudes of 10,000 feet and 25,000 feet MSL and at an indicated airspeed of 130 knots. The test system weighed approximately 1500 pounds and operated in three stages: (1) extraction and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Massey, Warren N., Wuest, Michael R., AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST CENTER EDWARDS AFB CA,...
The U.S. Army currently uses paper honeycomb material to both dissipate the ground impact energy and to cushion parachute delivered airdropped payload from damage. This report documents exploring the use of pressurized airbags with passively controlled exhaust vents as a means to mitigate ground impact landing shock. The results of both computational and experimental research that examined the performance of passively controlled venting candidates are presented. The venting candidates studied...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Rosato, Nicholas P, ARMY NATICK RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER MA,...
This project aims first at improving the modeling of the inflation characteristics of parachutes reefed with a slider, in particular the type of round and cruciform parachutes decelerating military systems. We are also investigating the inflation performance of new slider designs such as heavy sliders, variable grommet friction sliders. computer-control led sliders, etc. Specifically, we want to find out whether such deigns can lead to lower and reliable opening shocks together with short...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Potvin, Jean, SAINT LOUIS UNIV MO DEPT OF PHYSICS, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS, PRECISION,...
Psychological operations attempt to alter the behavior of people in enemy-controlled territory. Airplanes have served as psychological instruments in recent conflicts by dropping leaflets and broadcasting radio and television messages. In conjunction with air strikes, these methods have persuaded enemy troops to surrender, abandon their positions, and stop fighting. In association with humanitarian air missions, they also have convinced civilians to turn against enemy leadership and welcome...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Haulman, Daniel L, AIR FORCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AGENCY MAXWELL AFB AL, *MILITARY...
During this period the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment continued Operation MONTANA RAIDER. The 11th ACR began Operation Kentucky cougar and was continuing this operation at the end of the reporting period.
Topics: DTIC Archive, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC, *ARMORED VEHICLES, *ARMY OPERATIONS,...
The purpose of this report is twofold: First is the consolidation of all information gathered by instruments aboard B-SO No. 7169 during the Buster phase of the nuclear tests conducted at the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Nevada Proving Grounds (NPG) in October and November 1951. No attempt is made to interpret any of the results. They are presented in this report for the various agencies who requested the information. Second is an evaluation of the Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier...
Topics: DTIC Archive, AIR FORCE SPECIAL WEAPONS CENTER KIRTLAND AFB NM, *NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TESTING, TEST...
The Military Training Task Force of the Defense Safety Oversight Council funded a project to compare injury rates between the older T-10 parachute and the newer T-11 parachute. This is a preliminary report on injury incidence and injury risk factors with the T-10 parachute. From 17 June to 3 December 2010, injury and operational data were systematically collected on all jump operations performed by the 82nd Airborne Division (Fort Bragg, North Carolina) while using T-10D parachutes. Data on...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY PUBLIC HEALTH COMMAND ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD, *PARACHUTES, *PARACHUTE...
The articulated autorotor decelerator is a device intended to provide retardation and stability to air delivered stored. This unique device, combining aerodynamics, dynamics, and gyroscopics, shows promise of having a significant potential in the decelerator field. Limited wind tunnel tests using small models indicate that this device gives the largest drag coefficient, based on solidity factor and tip speed ratio considerations, of any known decelerator, including parachutes.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Miller, Miles C, EDGEWOOD ARSENAL ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS,...
In August 1990, the 82d Airborne's Sheridans spearheaded a strategic deployment, designed to counter an imminent Iraqi threat to Saudi Arabia. This time the potential adversary possessed an inventory of over 4000 main battle tanks, some as technologically sophisticated as the Soviet T-72, as well as forces with recent combat experience in mid-to-high intensity warfare. This study seeks to examine the requirement for a modern, technologically advanced replacement for the light armored vehicle in...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Freeman, Carl H, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *ARMOR, *MILITARY REQUIREMENTS,...
In May 1992, Natick conducted a Best Technical Approach (BTA) for the High Speed Container Delivery System (HSCDS) to be incorporated into the Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis (COEA) being prepared by the U.S. Army Quartermaster School. The BTA was prepared in-house; whereas, the COEA was performed by a contractor (American Power Jet). The first objective of the BTA is to summarize the most plausible technical approaches that were studied in the Trade Off Determination (TOD). Cost...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Munroe, John E, ARMY NATICK RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER MA, *AIR DROP...
TOP 8-2-555 establishes general procedures and guidance for determining the technical performance and safety aspects of chemical agent detector kits that are designed to detect the presence of chemical agents in the atmosphere, on the surfaces of various materials (metal, wood, glass, cloth, etc.), and in water. These procedures include: test preparations, test controls, receipt inspection, safety analysis, operator training, initial performance, accelerated packaged storage and sequential...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY TEST AND EVALUATION COMMAND ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD,...
Dual Theodolite Pibals were taken concurrently with Combat Control Team mean effective wind calculations. Combat Control Team errors were analyzed within selected ranges of mean effective wind and it was found that error increases significantly with increasing wind speed. Errors resulting from mean direction measurement were found to be insignificant. Similarly, aircraft positioning errors resulting from short term temporal variations were found to be insignificant when compared to speed...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Johnson,Carl A, WEATHER WING (3RD) OFFUTT AFB NEBR, *ACCURACY, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS,...
A computational study has been performed to determine the aerodynamics of Army airdrop systems using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The validation of flow field predictions from CFD software packages for airdrop systems is difficult because comprehensive experimentally obtained data are lacking. This is especially true for real systems because obtaining desired flow field data during a test is not practical or possible with available technologies. This report examines the results of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sahu, Jubaraj, ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD, *COMPUTATIONAL FLUID...
The introduction of airbags into the helicopter cockpit has raised the issue of acceptable limits on the weights of helmet-supported devices which can be tolerated safely by the aviator. It is hypothesized that, if the acceptable injury risk associated with current helmet-supported weights were reduced with the use of airbags, then an increase in the helmet weight would not necessarily increase the injury risk above what is acceptable without an airbag. To test this hypothesis, a biodynamic...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Strawn, Gregory, ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT RUCKER AL, *HELICOPTERS, *AIR...
The US Army Natick Soldier Center (NSC) is teamed with the Joint Forces Command (JFCOM), US Air Force Air Mobility Command (USAF AMC), the US Army Project Manager Force Sustainment and Support (PM-FSS), and under the oversight of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Advance Systems and Concepts (AS&C) office, along with numerous other government agencies and contractors to plan and execute the Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD)....
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY NATICK SOLDIER RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER MA, *AIR DROP...
Due to the length of Operation JUNCTION CITY, and the fact that the operation was conducted in two distinct phases (JUNCTION CITY I and JUNCTION CITY II), this report is divided into two sections. The first phase covers the planning, staging and execution of the parachute assault, and the inclusive dates 22 February through 15 March 1967. The second phase of this report (JUNCTION CITY II), covers operations in the MINH THANH Region of WAR ZONE 'C', 20 March through 13 April, whereupon the 173d...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS,...
The 105mm Howitzer supplied to this laboratory by the Army Tank and Automotive Command through arrangements made with Natick Laboratories has been dropped five times at impact velocities up to 54.4 fps, and at design accelerations as high as 30g. The initial modifications of the vehicle in preparation for the drop series and the design criterion for this test series are presented along with a description of the cushioning system used and the damage sustained in each drop. It is concluded that...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wiederanders, David G, TEXAS UNIV AT AUSTIN ENGINEERING MECHANICS RESEARCH LAB,...
A study was conducted to develop new concepts and procedures for the airdrop of supplies and equipment which would significantly reduce the time and labor required to prepare airdrop loads for airdrop and retrieve them after the drop. A goal of equal importance is the reduction of airdrop malfunctions caused by improper rigging. Study of current rigging designs and procedures identified the tasks that were the most time consuming and the operations that contributed the higher rates of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Black, W L, AAI CORP BALTIMORE MD, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS, COSTS, CONTAINERS, TIME...
Our goal was to demonstrate the minehunting capabilities of a system of small autonomous vehicles. We specifically chose to examine vehicles that were compatible with launch via a standard 'A' sized sonobouy tube. We demonstrated that a system composed of such air-dropped vehicles can contribute significantly to the problem of clearing mines from an operational area. The cost and performance of such a system can be used as a reference by which managers can evaluate the tradeoffs with other more...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Fox, Warren L, WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB, *MINE HUNTING, *ACOUSTIC...
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) plays a vital role in irregular warfare (IW) and must change its focus to maximize its contributions. The USAF's greatest contributions in IW include the following: kinetic effects from a variety of aircraft; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); and airlift. Airlift provides a significant asymmetric advantage, enabling commanders to rapidly deploy, sustain, redeploy, and evacuate land forces. The primary form of airlift for these operations is...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *ASYMMETRIC WARFARE, *THEATER LEVEL OPERATIONS,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Robinson, Jr, D W, KAMAN AIRCRAFT CORP BLOOMFIELD CT, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS,...
To operate VTOL aircraft in remote front-line areas, sites must be prepared to prevent flying foreign objects from damaging the aircrft. Research was conducted to determine whether any quick-setting soil hardeners could withstand the blast environment of the VTOL afterburner. Samples of numerous materials were tested in a special VTOL test facility consisting of a J-85-5 jet engine with afterburner that could be rotated to a vertical position to duplicate ground conditions imposed by the VTOL...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Vasiloff, A, AIR FORCE AERO PROPULSION LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH, *LANDING FIELDS,...
As we search for context and insight both in the past and in today's national security environment, it becomes clear that strategic air mobility has grown increasingly important to the deployment, employment, and sustainment of global combat power over our nation's history. While the surface and naval segments of the mobility process have always been critical to global power projection, the diminishing size of our military's forward-basing structure, the change in the nature of our adversaries,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, AIR MOBILITY COMMAND SCOTT AFB IL, *MILITARY CAPABILITIES, *HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE,...
Free drop is the air-to-ground delivery of supplies and equipment without the aid of conventional recovery parachutes. This study was conducted to determine the present state of the art in free drop aerial delivery and to identify areas which require additional investigation to expand the military free drop capability. Results of the study indicate that future effort would be best expended in the areas of fragility rating determination and improved packaging methods for subsistence items such...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Barca, Franklin, ARMY NATICK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER MA, *AIR DROP...
The United States Air Force is partnering with the United States Army as well as allied nations to develop a revolutionary advance in logistical support known as the Joint Precision Air Drop System (JPADS). The focus of this study is to develop a process to quantitatively analyze system sensitivities to various types of weather inputs and the corresponding effect on system accuracy. Weather balloons were used to provide representative truth to which forecast weather could be compared. Each data...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gemas, David L, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF...
Numerous innovations in parachuting and related technologies have developed in recent years that had their genesis in the military application of parachutes, which started early in the twentieth century. Although many of these new concepts have not been applied to military operations, they may have much to offer in the future. The innovations covered in this study involve concepts that could revolutionize the use of parachutes in warfare, and focus more on methods than materials. However, some...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Brasfield, Samuel P, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *PARACHUTE JUMPING,...
There has been a continuing need for an efficient position marking device for use in heavily forested areas by personnel of all three services. The position marking device must enable personnel on the ground, under a heavily forested canopy, to make known their precise location to friendly and support aircraft overhead. The needs of the three services are similar, but vary according to the function of each. The Naval Air Arm and Air Force require a fast acting, lightweight device that can mark...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wood, Benjamin F, ARMY LAND WARFARE LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD, *BALLOONS,...
The purpose of this field demonstration was to determine the suitability of Junglebuoy as a means to extend the range of tactical communications in Vietnam. Junglebuoy is a portable linear very high frequency (VHF) frequency modulated (FM) radio relay repeater designed to be deployed from aircraft or to be manually emplaced in the field. It is designed to frequency translate and amplify any signal received on the special receive frequency, and retransmit on another frequency. After deployment,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY CONCEPT TEAM IN VIETNAM APO SAN FRANCISCO 96384, *RADIO REPEATERS, *VIETNAM, AIR...
Severe stress conditions may develop during the extraction and parachute deployment phases of an airdrop with a stressed platform. The platform stresses and deflections during that dynamic loading period are computed by treating the platform as a planar network of beams rigidly connected at the joints. Stiffness properties of the beams in the network are calculated approximately using standard methods and then refined to more exact values by comparing measured deflections under static loading...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Chang, Wen S, TEXAS UNIV AT AUSTIN ENGINEERING MECHANICS RESEARCH LAB, *AIR DROP...
Wind tunnel investigations were conducted to probe the wake of a C-141 aircraft in an airdrop configuration. A rake with twelve 5-hole yaw head probes measured velocities at various positions in the wake, and these measurements were used to compute the vorticity of the wake. In addition, motion pictures and force measurements were taken with three differently sized extraction parachute models attached to the model aircraft by three extraction lines of different lengths. Correlation of parachute...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Huson,Gregory G, DAVID W TAYLOR NAVAL SHIP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER BETHESDA...
The contractor was commissioned to do the following tasks as part of the timing and firing functions on Tumbler-Snapper (April to June 1952). (1) Generate and distribute predetonation timing signals for all shots-four airdrops and four tower shots. (2) Install and operate switching relays connected to the timing circuits at the various experimental locations. (3) Install and operate the bomb-firing and monitoring circuits for nonairdrops. (4) Determine the time of detonation with respect to...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Grier, Herbert E, EDGERTON GERMESHAUSEN AND GRIER INC BOSTON MA, *FIRING...
The criteria for landing zones (LZs) and drop zones (DZs), also known as austere entry surfaces, are extensive and varied. They range from very specific guidance on required geometry to more general guidance on required bearing strength of unprepared surfaces, such as soil or ice, and the smoothness of those surfaces. Current practice for siting LZs and DZs includes site surveys by trained personnel, often in hostile environments. Additionally, with the continued advancement of image analysis,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wieder,Wendy L, ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH HANOVER United...
This program was performed to investigate methods of accomplishing low-drag, high-speed descent of platform-mounted airdrop cargos. The approach was to develop a multi-stage airdrop system that employed a stabilization device that deployed immediately after extraction from the aircraft, and was capable of orienting the airdrop assembly into a low-drag attitude and sustaining this condition throughout the descent stage. A number of system concepts were developed and investigated experimentally...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Farinacci, Anthony L., AAI CORP COCKEYSVILLE MD, *PALLETS, *CARGO PARACHUTES,...
The Helicopter Dropsight was developed for use when hand dropping unattended ground sensors and other hardware from UH-1D/H Helicopters. It consists of a simple cross hair mounted in a ring that projects outside the helicopter on an arm attached to a standard installed in a rear doorway. Sighting consists of aligning the cross hair, a marker on the helicopter skid, and the drop zone. It can be adjusted for various drop conditions, weighs less than 10 pounds, and can be installed within 5...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wogsland, Neal C, ARMY LAND WARFARE LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD, *HELICOPTERS,...
This specification establishes the requirements for the Application Software Program of the IDAMST System. This program, the Executive Software and the EHARS Software are the segments of the Operational Flight Program (OFP). The paragraphs below describe the IDAMST software specifications for the Application Software. This computer program together with the Executive will be executed in the IDAMST avionics processors for control and integration of the avionics system elements to satisfy mission...
Topics: DTIC Archive, AIR FORCE AVIONICS LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH, *AVIONICS, *COMPUTER PROGRAMMING,...
The Automated Airdrop Information Retrieval System Human Factors Database (AAIRS-HFD) is a computerized system for the management of literature regarding human factors issues as related to airdrop systems/components. Two major categories define the focus and content of the database: (1) Human Factors Issues major topics include: Airdrop Delivery Method; Jump Mission Characteristics; Airdrop Tasks & Procedures; Hazards & Emergencies; Aerospace Biomechanical Factors; Aerospace...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Poole, Paula M, GEO-CENTERS INC NEWTON CENTRE MA, *AIR DROP OPERATIONS, *DATA BASES,...
